Having Twins

Well.

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There’s two of them.

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OK, OK, more info.  First, pregnancy was more complicated because they were always checking to see how they were developing.  Second, the larva stage was a nightmare.  People complain about having to feed their newborns every 3 hours.  Well, try feeding and changing and putting down two in that same time period.

Eventually, you realize that the kids now outnumber you and they definitely make you feel surrounded.  No baby/kid is born with any patience and sharing is something they’ve never heard of.  Until we tell them about it.  Ha. Ha.

As twins get older they like to go their separate ways.  At least one of them will do it at a full run.  I hope you went to the gym sometime after giving birth because you’re going to have to get them.  (More about this later.)

Soon you’ll be trying to teach them and realize again that they are actual people with different interests, strengths, and weaknesses.  You’ll start trying to give them equal opportunities while wondering if you’re being fair every time the louder one asks for something and gets it while the quieter one gets something they might not even want.

They play together.  They learn to walk at the same time.   One does it just to ensure she gets wherever her sister is going, first.   They boss each other around and get into screaming fights.   Sister is always there as playmate and rival.   They give each other things.  They play superhero together and argue over who gets to be who.  They’re sweet to each other and they’re sick of each other.  They tell you what the other one really wants or meant.

And you watch all this and think how amazing they are.

And you feel a little superior to people who only have one and haven’t done the things you’ve done or haven’t been as lucky as you.

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There.  It’s all so… disgustingly emotional.

Here.  Lookit this awesome Xtranormal movie about having twin babies: Moms of multiples are freaks of nature.  I got an Xtranormal account just because of this video.

 

PS.  Of course we’re not superior.  Gimme a break.